Criticizes israeli settlements but is his administration really changing direction. Another display of harmony in seoul but south koreas president strikes a cautious not about an invitation to visit the no. Child soldiers in south sudan given a chance to lead a normal life. Investigators in russia say theyre looking at all possible causes as the hunt for clues begins into why a plane crashed soon after takeoff all seventy one people on board were killed the difficulties investigators face can be seen in these pictures from the crash site near the capital moscow wreckage of the plane is lying in fields covered with thick snow day breed and human remains are spread over a radius of one kilometer has more. The answer no airliner with sixty five passengers and six crew on board came down four minutes after it took off in bad weather conditions wreckage was scattered across snowy fields near the village of going over eighty kilometers southeast of moscow rescue teams were unable to reach the crash site by road and walked to the scene. I saw an explosion on the ground and i called Emergency Services they asked me many questions i told them there was a fire it was very visible and the debris of the plane is spread over radios of at least one kilometer investigators are using modern equipment taking into consideration the large territory air using quite a couple years to get a view from the air the short haul set a lot of airlines jet took off from Moscows Domodedovo airport early sunday afternoon on its way to the city of or sq in the urals most of the sixty five passengers on board were from the region at the airport their family and friends of those on board the flight began to wait for news with little hope that anyone had survived. We have found a breeze from an a n one for a plane and bodies of stupid hymns. This is just the most important thing now is the organized collection of debris and remains of the big it was by ministry of emergency situations workers. Transport to authorities soon confirmed everyone in the plane had died russia has suffered two major air crashes in recent years in december two thousand and sixteen a t u one five four military aircraft crashed into the black sea with the loss of ninety two people it was blamed on pilot error in october two thousand and fifteen a russian air bus crashed in egypts Sinai Peninsula killing all two hundred twenty four people on board i still said it placed a bomb in the aircraft. Right to me putin has canceled a trip to sochi which was shut jeweled for monday he was due to meet the Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas that now that meeting will now take place in moscow from where putin will monitor the investigation investigators have found a flight recorder from the plane and this will be crucial in determining why this relatively new aircraft came promising out of the sky various causes are being considered including pilots era bad weather conditions well perhaps Something Else really chalons zero mosque or. Mikey is an aviation consultant he says finding the second black box will be crucial to the investigation we know that the aircraft wreckage just scattered over a very wide area and this indicates that probably impacted. Rather flat and broke up on a high rate of aids the pieces were spread out weve heard report that there was fire on board the aircraft before it crashed weve also heard that the pilot was trying to divert to a nearby airport for an Emergency Landing but none of these things are really concerned what will really do now the investigators will do is theyll attempt to recover both of those black box they have won and theyll leave the other one to do a complete investigation. Well the first thing theyre going to want to do is see if the aircraft was partly d. I. s if it had been sitting overnight might have accumulated a great deal of ice if the ice wasnt properly remove that would have been a very bad fact. If the weather was bad presumably there on takeoff and climbing out if ice was a factor engine ice or Something Like that that should show up in the cockpit voice recorder conversations on the digital flight data recorder so that will be important now there were not thunderstorms obviously in the area so primarily were going to be concerned with ice they got airborne so of visibility should have been an issue so theyll be able to sort through the weather things rather whatley as they conduct the investigation u. S. President donald trump has questioned israels commitment to making peace with the palestinians he made the comments in an interview with an israeli newspaper owned by american billionaire and trump baca Sheldon Adelson and a rare rebuke of these ready to ship the u. S. President says he isnt necessarily sure theyre looking to make peace he warns israeli settlements are quote something that very much complicates and always have complicated making peace the edges israel to be very careful with the settlements but trump also repeats what he has been saying about the Palestinian Leadership he says theyre not looking to make peace and threatens to withhold aid on this agreed to talks but things but he says the author of understanding the palestinian israeli conflict she doubts trumps comments represents a policy shift by the u. S. Peace requires at least a modicum of justice that was not on the agenda here a deal implies ending resistance essentially to israeli power that is not on the palestinians agenda thats been the position recently of the Palestinian Leadership bringing it closer to matching the position of a wide majority of palestinian. Civil society so i think what were seeing here is certainly not the end of the u. S. Role as a as an honest broker because it never was an honest broker this is simply a clearer acknowledgement of that reality not to you know who knows that trump remains his his strong supporter but i think that netanyahu is likely to view his own relationship with the further right wing elements of his cabinet because remember as right wing as netanyahu is his cabinet is made up of further right and extremist right elements to his right and in that context i think he will feel obligated to make some kind of a statement i dont anticipate it will go very far he is not about to break with the United States President Trump has made clear that he is more more more officially and formally pro israel than any other recent president and hes not about to put that at risk but i think he will have to Say Something to satisfy his own right wing. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue military operations inside syria a day after one of his f. Sixteen s was shot down by enemy fire israeli warplanes carried out a series of strikes on saturday on what it says were iranian targets inside syria and thats now who says the operation was a serious blow to iran sorry for support from western muslims. Israeli soldiers collected debris on sunday at the site where an air force f. Sixteen fighter crashed a day earlier while the Investigation Continues the army told aljazeera it had confirmed the plane was struck by a syrian antiaircraft missile the first israeli fighter shot down since one thousand nine hundred two. At the border israeli media reported anti missile batteries have been increased after extensive israeli counterstrikes the day before inside syrian territory more. Than one called shock yesterday we landed hard blows in the forces of iran and syria we made unequivocally clear to everyone that our modus operandi has not changed one jot we will continue to hit back for every attempt to harm us for any blown flicked on us this is been our policy and this will remain our policy. The incident began with the downing of what israel says was an iranian drone launched from syria that had crossed into israeli air space iran continues to deny the charge the secretary of the National Security council saying the allegations by zionists that they hit iranian bases in syria is a lie we are in syria as consultants we dont have the kind of military presence for them to make this allegation the years israels government has been talking about a mounting iranian threat on its Northern Borders i dont think we thought we were not to vulnerable but we certainly didnt expect it to happen this quickly so thats why im saying its a wake up call for the future the army knows how to respond in a way or want to create an escalation. The only way it will create installations in the school is israeli politicians have been praising what theyve called a current public reaction to this incident but theyre also aware that it highlights increasingly complex and difficult relationship with russia and its role inside syria israel struck targets close to where Russian Forces are based on saturday. Prompting a statement from Russias Foreign Ministry calling it absolutely unacceptable to endanger the lives of russian soldiers inside syria. This after months of diplomatic efforts to convince russia to help constrain iranian activity there. But one former senior Israeli Military Intelligence Officer the loss of the plane and the extent of the retaliation dont represent a new phase in the conflict rather a reminder of its stakes. In the longer run but look the long the arena presence in syria should come to an end and we expect russia and the United States to make sure that this is going to be the end result israel says its military response is now complete but this weekend has put the dangers of a largescale cross border conflict into sharp focus very force it out west jerusalem at least six civilians including two children have been killed in Syrian Government asterix in the capital damascus the attacks targeted several towns in the rebel held suburb of Eastern Ghouta it falls within a socalled deescalation zone agreed to by Turkey Russia and iran Syria Government and russian air strikes have killed more than two hundred forty people in rebel held areas in the last week the u. N. Says some of the attacks may be war crimes the uns also calling for an immediate deescalation of fighting in syria to address a worsening humanitarian crisis according to the food agency nine Million People need Food Assistance koenigs the syria country director for the World Food Program he says any tuesdays to last for at least a month. At the moment thought keeps us from going to these places too east. To. The fighting the security of our stuff of calls is most important but also the ends its dangerous to come out in and collect for example food fighting going on so we need to pause in the fighting and call a month. Their houses are full we have a big. Work Army Supporting so median people every day we salute assistance in the country and we can easily she fleece all see if you have an opening to do you havent leeched full as i say two months now. North korea is a limpet delegation has left seoul leaving the south korean government to consider an offer of a summit in pyongyang the group which included the powerful sister of north Korean Leader kim jong il and its visit by joining south korean president moon jane at a concert given by a north korean troop theyve been holding talks on the sidelines of the winter games on saturday kim joe young extended a rare in the tension to president to visit pyongyang to touch a good name as more from seoul. Even as athletes competed on the snow and ice diplomatic developments continue to steal at least some of the spotlight during whats being called the peace olympics the last three days have been historic and a high point in interest in relations north Korean Leader kim jong sister kim jong became the first member of the ruling family to cross into the south since the korean war she came with an invitation kim jong un is asking the south korean president in to visit pyongyang at a convenient time soon if this meeting transpires it would be the first time that kim jong un has met with the south korean president since taking office in twenty eleven president moon says hell begin arranging the conditions to make that visit happen but he stresses that any rebuilding of interest in relations must involve dialogue between the United States and north korea u. S. Vice president mike pence sat very close to the north korean delegation during the Opening Ceremony he m. A North Koreans rebuffed president moons attempts to facilitate a midi skeptics say that this north korean Charm Offensive is heavy on the symbolism but they doubt that it will result in anything substantive they say this is an attempt by the North Koreans to drive a wedge between the United States and the South Koreans into an advance their own agenda but for now president moon and Many South Koreans are encouraged by the prospect that what weve been seeing could be the beginning of a reboot of relations. Time for a short break here and aljazeera when we come back a lawsuit filed by new yorks attorney general is the latest problem for hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and his former company also. Weve been married for sixty five years celibacy companionship and friendship important to many the u. K. Develops a program that reaches out to the more than two hundred thousand elderly who feel empty and isolated more and that stay with us. Alan has been a vast amounts of snow running around the great lakes and then rain to the south of that is a contrast an area of warms and cold here and along even a frontal system just defines the difference from the exhibit difference ninety degrees in washington minus four chicago somewhere in there is a big gradient thats for all the weather comes out as snow is moving north but the rain is still falling we still got something of a contrast which means theres more snow to come for the appalachians however come daybreak it should be still on the ground and rather blue skies still monist still about sixteen in washington cloudy and probably damp one all this time ive been standing in the way with whats been happening further west breaks of light the snow really not a huge amount of in the californian high ground. As you can see most of that b. C. And Northern California washington oregon montana theyre all looking fine dry and in the sun shines cool down in washington by this time than three degrees the total has gone through theres been an increase in the number of showers all the persistence of clarridge and rain on the caribbean side of the isthmus here so from costa rica up to billys you cannot expect daily a certain amount of rain. From Satellite Technology to three d. Printing and recycled waste to fill up our classrooms africa is transforming young innovators are propelling change Building Communities creating employment and solving problems theyre challenging systems and shaping you want. Creative thinkers shaping their continents future innovate africa at this time on aljazeera. Start a quick recap of the headlines here this hour investigators in russia say theyre looking at all possible causes as the hunt for clues begins into why a plane crashed soon after takeoff an airport near moscow all seventy one people on board were killed. In iraq criticism of israel u. S. President donald trump has questioned his commitment to peace with the palestinians in an interview with an israeli newspaper he said israel settlements in the occupied west bank are complicating the Peace Process. North koreas an impact delegation has left seoul even the south korean government to consider an offer of a summit in pyongyang the group which included the powerful sister of north Korean Leader kim jong il and ended its visit by joining the south korean president moon jane a concept. That monday Marks International Day against the use of child soldiers according to the u. N. The number of children recruited is still rising more than two thousand took up arms in the past three years while now young soldiers in south sudan are being given a chance to lead a normal life but some are struggling to reintegrate into their communities even more than reports from. These moves are not need to john hes been taught how to carry them out for the past two years since he was fifteen he didnt learn the drills willingly johns one of at least seven hundred children forcibly recruited by the south sudans National Liberation movement that is moving where they are going today. Did you get a life you want to go alone or if you take using that you want to work in the tech sector if you define you will do that taking all i gently force. The civil war in south sudan now into its fifth year has killed thousands and displaced millions many vulnerable kids were recruited by armed groups to fight both boys and girls such as thirteen year old sarah. I was alluding. To an old saying this before and only ones tend to think i lived a long time and mine. And i still dont know this it seems that if photons can do nothing didnt sit through from. The start from the. Right groups they nearly all armed groups to clue to children to fight the south sudans National Liberation movement has recently released more than three hundred children but that they were not really forced by their condition to buy and then first today and now all of us to get out to state so in fact we did not dent over the years that they may be a needed me to fight does well you see we have decided also as we are now in tones of that the best sort of we decided to release them so that they can go to school. Communities. Nearly two thousand children have been demobilization the past five years but they are being replaced according to unicef the number of tell soldiers in armed groups and on forces has been on the rise since the war in december to fifteen that despite all were inside agreeing to stop recruiting tough soldiers and releasing those already enlisted but even for those who have been demobilized life is a challenge. Many children whove been released have no idea where their families are for others fighting has become a way of life that the biggest challenge is reintegration its a process that takes time two to three years for that child to go back home and resettle we still have more kids to be released so access big thing there we need more kids to be released all real concern is the reintegration of these children so that they dont get recruited again. John and sara say they dont want to return to the battlefield but they also feel what lies ahead after their past experiences and wonder if they may be forced to fight again he will mourn onto their own young south sudan. The British Foreign secretary has urged me and mas leader Aung San Suu Kyi to allow the un to supervise the return of ranger refugees Boris Johnson made the plea after visiting displaced muslim villages in Rakhine State and refugee camps in bangladesh he toured an area in myanmar where homes were destroyed and new ones are now being built johnston says suchi appears to be removed from the reality on the ground. Im not sure she really understands the four horror of what has happened up here i dont think shes been in a helicopter to see what we have seen today and really what i was trying to get over to is the importance of her leadership i believe in her and i believe in her leadership i think shes done incredible things in her life im very sad to see whats happening to burma now and to see the direction the country is going i believe she can still make a change and make a difference but to do that she needs to show really get the agencies in get the refugees back home in a way that is safe and voluntary and and dignified human rights activists known as the iron lady of pakistan has died. Suffered a heart attack in the eastern city of lahore late on saturday and died a few hours later she was a fierce defender of women and minorities and openly criticize the Pakistani Military intelligence and right wing religious parties the former un special rapporteur was also chair pakistans Human Rights Commission and had served as president of the Supreme Courts Bar Association us my younger was sixty six years old. New york states attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the Weinstein Company saying it failed to protect its employees from disgraced former chief executive Harvey Weinstein prosecutors say the firm and its cofounders repeatedly broke no laws by facilitating weinsteins alleged abuses was one of hollywoods most influential produces before more than seventy woman accused him of Sexual Misconduct including rape which he denies and also to stall the planned sale of the company for five hundred Million Dollars mike has been following the story from washington d. C. Well the new York Attorney general Eric Schneiderman has filed suit in the New York County Supreme Court not only against Harvey Weinstein personally but also against his brother and the company as a whole now the reason for this is the attorney general is because of what he believed was an imminent sale of the company this could result he was concerned in victims not getting sufficient compensation in those within the company who empowered Harvey Weinstein in what i described his predatory actions maintaining their positions and getting some financial benefit out of the sale of the suit details very very closely numerous allegations against Harvey Weinstein in particular but also against the company as a whole for various contraventions of new york code and new York Business practices it makes very clear that there were layers within the Weinstein Company that will well aware of the activities of the principal shareholder and in fact empowered him in his activities the h. R. Department for example received numerous complaints over the past four or five years not a single one of these complaints were acted upon the attorney general also found that senior members of the board were well aware of Harvey Weinsteins activities and they did nothing about it so the suit now filed in. Supreme court already knew one party who was going to be attempting to buy the company has withdrawn the offer to buy immediately in the wake of this particular suit so the attorney generals apparent wish that the sale of this company will not go ahead until all those within it are held accountable and are held responsible for their role in facilitating the activities of Harvey Weinstein himself oxfam is facing new allegations of its star fused prostitutes in the african nation of chad in two thousand and six it follows growing criticism for the way it handled accusations of Sexual Misconduct by its workers in haiti where the charity was working in the aftermath of the twenty ten earthquake its own investigation led to four people being fired and the resignation of three others the u. K. Government is now threatening to withdraw funding from oxfam it doesnt matter how good the safeguarding practices are in an organization if that organization does not have the moral leadership to do the right thing and where in particular they have evidence of criminal activity to pass that information to the relevant authorities including prosecuting authorities thats thats an absolute absence of leadership well oxfam has apologized over the allegations but also defended its operations in haiti. What im apologizing for is that nine oxfam staff behaved in a way that was totally unacceptable and contrary to our values and that then led much more responsible staff to make decisions which are now seen as being by some marginal or inappropriate but im not apologizing for the fact that oxfam tried to continue its work in haiti the head of south africas Ruling African National Congress Says Party Leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma leaving office zuma is under growing pressure to leave a corruption allegations a. N. C. Leaders serum of course says leaders meeting on monday will decide on a swift transfer of power. Now the u. K. Has appointed a minister for loneliness to help the vulnerable in society who feel isolated an estimated two hundred thousand Senior Citizens in britain have not had a conversation with a friend or relative in more than a month and more than half of those over the age of seventy five live alone are u. K. Correspondent bob the phillips has that story my wife died about two and a half years ago and i miss her. We are there has to get on with love john who is ninety had felt increasingly isolated the death of his wife left a void weve been married for sixty five years so obviously companionship and friendship and important to me. The solution arranged by a charity was for john to give a room to poppy a twenty one year old student she helps with shopping cooking going for walks its mutually beneficial most importantly they like each other in simplest terms i probably wont be able to afford to live where i am if i wasnt working and living with john as a young person or the conversations we have i come out learning something new hes had such an interesting life. Loneliness is subjective individuals and societies feel it in different ways but says this expert its impact on health can be measured having predisposes Health Conditions so theres been a matter that looked at showed that it was bad for your health. Today people that are more likely to get Heart Disease and start. Their early onset of dementia. Like too Many Mental Health issues and so depression suicide cocktails in care an unlikely mixture but another simple idea bringing young people into care homes for the elderly in britain three quarters of older people say they feel lonely almost half say t. V. Is their main companion but on these evenings everyone reaches out to everyone else. And. Like loneliness itself the benefits of a scheme like this are very hard to quantify but gauging in conversation between generations makes almost all of us feel good it creates understanding it strengthens the ties which holds society to get. Lonely often comes with feelings of shame but it is part of the human condition and on evenings like these some people discover that they have more in common than the thought of the phillips aljazeera london. Time for a quick recap of the top stories here now to syria investigators in russia say theyre looking at all possible causes as the hunt for clues begins into why a plane crashed soon after takeoff from an airport in moscow all seventy one people on board were killed. In a wreck criticism of israel u. S. President donald trump has questioned its commitment to peace with the palestinians in an interview with an israeli newspaper he says israel settlements in the occupied west bank are complicating the Peace Process north koreas olympic delegation has left seoul as the south korean government considers an offer of a summit in pyongyang the group which included the powerful sister of north Korean Leader kim jong il and its visit joining the south korean president moon j n at a concert on saturday she extended a rare invitation to president moon to visit the north. The British Foreign secretary has. To allow the u. N. To supervise the return of ranger refugees always johnson made the playoff to visiting displaced muslim villages in Rakhine State and refugee camps in bangladesh. To be honest im not sure she really understands the four horror of what has happened i dont think shes been in a helicopter to see what we have seen today and really what i was trying to get over to is the importance of her leadership i believe in her and i believe in her leadership i think shes done incredible things in her life im very sad to see whats happening to burma now and to see the direction the country is going ahead of south africas Ruling African National Congress Says Party Leaders are preparing to finalize a deal that will result in president jacob zuma leaving office as soon as under growing pressure to leave a corruption allegations a. N. C. Leaders serum a porter says leaders meeting on monday will decide on a swift transfer of power. A new york states attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the Weinstein Company alleging it failed to protect its employees against disgraced former c. E. O. Harvey weinstein was one of hollywoods most influential producers for more than seventy woman accused him of Sexual Misconduct including rape allegations he denies the lawsuit i stole the sale of the company those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after innovate africa statement that so much. Facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the socalled secret city getting to the heart of the matter why is activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on talk to aljazeera at this time. This is innovate africa a series highlighting innovation and creativity across a continent that is on the rise today an innovative africa solar powered mobile phone charging sixty percent of the sell for less than fifteen percent of accessible. Banks now canyons can run a business from. Its owner. And the young woman behind a growing take industry in room
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